Slow Food Kansas CitySupports Good, Clean and Fair Food2015-07-18T21:53:03Zhttp://www.slowfoodkc.org/?feed=atomWordPressJamie Milkshttp://www.slowfoodkc.org/?p=12862015-07-18T21:53:03Z2015-07-18T21:53:03ZLearn how to make true craft cocktails from a celebrated mixologist

Sunday, July 26, 2015
S.D. Strong Distillery
Underground caves of Parkville, Missouri
Want to learn modern twists on classic cocktails? How to make infusions to add flair to your drinks? Discover how to add texture to a drink?

This will be a unique experience in a unique place: The S.D. Strong Distillery, the nation’s only boutique distillery located in a cave.

Your guide will be talented mixologist Arturo Vera-Felicie, the beverage director of Justus Drugstore. He has also run bar programs for The Farmhouse and Tannin Wine Bar. Arturo is an active member of the local and national bartending community, and is currently the Brand Liaison for the Kansas City chapter of the United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG).

Directions:
Drive onto Park University Main Entrance off 9 Highway.
Veer to the right after you drive onto the campus.
At top of hill, enter into Parkville Commercial Underground cave entrance.
Drive until you reach the first stop sign. Park.
Just past the first stop sign you will see the brewing still in the window.

We know you’re passionate about good food, learning about food and supporting local food producers. That’s why you’re a member of Slow Food Kansas City (SFKC).

Come share that passion with others and have fun at the same time: We’d like you to volunteer with fellow SFKC members at the Chipotle Cultivate Festival! The Festival encourages attendees to think and talk about food and food issues in a fun and engaging environment.

Sunday August 2nd, 6:00 PM
Kurlbaum’s Heirloom Tomato Farm
6330 Donahoo Road
Kansas City, KS 66104This is a local summer foodie event you don’t want to miss. Spend a wonderful night at the Kurlbaum farm, enjoying an old-fashioned farmhouse dinner. You’ll feast on prime rib, fresh potatoes and vegetables, dessert plus a salad featuring Kurlbaum’s famous heirloom tomatoes. Don’t forget a fabulous summer dessert!Proceeds from the evening will support Harvesters Reaching the Nations and Slow Food philanthropies. This event is limited to 40 people and will most certainly sell out. THE CUTOFF DATE FOR THIS EVENT IS AUGUST 1ST, PLEASE RESERVE ON OR BEFORE THAT DEADLINE.Tickets are $60 for members, $65 for non-members. Click here to purchase your tickets now: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1905499.

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]]>0Jamie Milkshttp://www.slowfoodkc.org/?p=12562015-05-07T21:09:17Z2015-04-17T19:34:12ZSlow Food Kansas City needs your help! We are selling plants to the public at McGonigle’s Market on Saturday May 9th! 10am to 3pm are the hours. Many of these plants are the same varieties that are sold from Cobinsteinz Farm to local restaurants and, of course, available at McGonigles.

If anyone can help out with the plant sale it would be fantastic. Please contact John Cobine at 913-207-0336 or email him at cobinsteinzfarm@gmail.com if you are free and interested in volunteering. More information is below If you would like to volunteer in helping to get these plants moved, here is the link: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/60B0A45ABAF2FA20-mcgonigles/27235811 We will have around 2000 vegetable plants and 70+ types and varieties for sale there! The list of varieties is also on the sign up link.

The start will be 10am and go to about 3pm.

It is a wonderful cause and the whole event is in line with our philosophy of helping people to better lives through good food and accessibility. Mike is supportive of our goals and beneficiaries through our efforts and is mutually thankful to work together.

This is going to be really cool and I hope to see you there! Right now we are buried in plants and can’t wait to see these get moved!

This is one of the largest and most interesting garage sales in the metro Kansas City area: A sale specializing in items for the kitchen and dining room. This is a special fundraising garage sale for Slow Food Kansas City and only happens every two years, so you don’t want to miss this.

Bring your friends and come ready to find some new treasures. And, you can feel good about shopping: Proceeds from the Culinary Garage Sale will benefit Slow Foods Kansas City and its designated local charities.

Have some gently used or new items to donate? We’ll take them! Bring them to the Round Hill Barn on Friday, April 30. Details below.

Food, plant seedlings also available

Duane “Mr. Doggity” Daugherty will be on-site with his mobile grilling rig, offering delicious fare to keep your strength up during the sale. And, seedlings of a wide variety of delicious garden plants will also be available for sale. Proceeds will benefit Slow Foods Kansas City and its designated charities.

]]>0Jamie Milkshttp://www.slowfoodkc.org/?p=12392015-04-08T21:03:12Z2015-04-08T21:03:11ZSlow Food Kansas City invites you to spend some time in the country to mark two important events: The expansion of the “Ark of Taste” garden, and to welcome a honey bee hive. Both events will be on the grounds of Somerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery.

“Ark of Taste” garden expansion

The “Ark of Taste” is a garden representing delicious and distinctive foods that are facing extinction. By planting these foods, we help raise awareness of them and keep them in production and ultimately, keep them on our plates. We’ll be expanding the garden this year, so if you want to dig in and help, bring a pair of gloves and a trowel to be part of this important project. Check here for more information on the “Ark of Taste:” http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ark-of-taste-in-the-usa

Plant seedlings will also be available for sale – perfect for your own garden. Proceeds will benefit Slow Food Kansas City and its designated charities!

Welcome honey bees

Dennis and Cindy Reynolds, owners of Somerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery, are adding honey bees to the vineyard grounds. Bee expert Robert Hughes will be on hand to discuss bees and why they’re so important. He’ll also be selling his locally produced honey. You can check his Facebook page for more information: www.facebook.com/pages/Jordys-Honey/150898131662645Food available from El Tenedor

Chefs Carmen and Maria from El Tenedor (http://www.eltenedorkc.com) will be on site cooking their Spanish- and Mediterranean-inspired fare from noon to 5:00 PM. Of course, delicious wines will be available at the Somerset Ridge tasting room to accompany your food.

]]>0Jamie Milkshttp://www.slowfoodkc.org/?p=12272015-04-07T22:11:46Z2015-04-07T22:11:46ZThere are more to mushrooms than the little box of round, white things you find at most grocery stores. They’ve been used as food and medicine for hundreds of years, may be used to clean toxic wastes and might even prove useful as vaccines in the future.

Slow Food Kansas City invites you to learn more about fascinating fungi from Matt Trammell of Trammell Treasures Mushroom Farms (www.trammelltreasures.com). His family-operated farm in Warrensburg, Missouri grows gourmet and medicinal mushrooms.

Matt will share his knowledge of mushrooms, discuss how to use them, show how to grow your own mushrooms in various materials, and tell you about his farm’s subscription programs as well as their Kickstarter campaign. The photo here is courtesy of Trammell Treasures.

Chef Erik Borger of Il Lazzerone Pizza will be offering his signature Neapolitan-style pizzas using some of Trammell Treasures’ mushrooms. Be sure to give them a try!

UPDATE: The first of our seedlings are sprouting from the ‘Sowing the Seeds of Change’ event at Cobinstinz Farm. Thank you to everyone who came out to make this possible. So far, we have around 6 THOUSAND plants started!!!

There will be a series of seed plantings with the resulting plants to be sold in support of local food and hunger related non-profits. Plants will also be given to community and school gardens.

The plants featured will be heirlooms and some designated by the ARK OF TASTE, a project of SLOW FOOD all over the world.

On Wednesday and Thursday, February 4th and 5th and February 24th, 25th and 26th,volunteers will gather at Cobinsteinz Farm to plant the seeds. Don’t have a green thumb? IT DOES NOT MATTER. John Cobine, Slow Food Board member, will show us what to do!

Join Wine Guy/Professor Bubbly George Vesel for a Slow Food Kansas City fun-raiser. He’ll guide you through the sometimes perplexing, but always satisfying world of bubbly, sparkling, Sekt, Cava, Spumante, Champagne. We’ll talk about the history of bubbly, the grapes, the types and the regions
and sample a dozen or more bubblies, including, yes, French Champagne. It’ll be bubblicious!
We’ll enjoy appetizers during reception and have bread during the tasting.